Mesopotamia
5000 B.C. The first towns are formed in Mesopotamia. 4000 B.C. The Mesopotamians establish large cities and build ziggurats. 3500 B.C. The citie-states Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Lagash, and Nippur are built. 3300 B.C. The Mesopotamians invented the first form of writing: Cuneiform writing. 3200 B.C.
Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia was the first civilization in the world; each of their achievements paved the way to what we have today in terms of transportation, building materials, and writing. Their biggest achievements in transportation were the wheel and the sails. The ancient Mesopotamians invented the wheel so that they could
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5000 BC: Civilisation begins in Mesopotamia. 3000-3200 BC: Menes unites the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt. 3200 BC: Heiroglyphs are used in Egypt until 400 AD. 3100 BC: Writing was invented in Mesopotamia. 3000 BC: Irrigation was invented, barley started being grown, date palms were domesticated, the plow was
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Mesopotamian Civilization was built between two rivers. That meant fertile ground, but it also brought challenges.